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Class 1 (2 h/c)
Unit # 3:Microsoft Power Point.
Theme: Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint and Slide Design.
1.1 General Characteristics
1.2 Concepts
1.3 Slide Design
1.3.1 Types of Slides
1.3.2 Format
1.4 Animation and slide transition.
1.5 Preliminary presentation
1.6 Slide show execution on screen.
Objective: To acquire knowledge of the Microsoft Power Point program as a designer.
presentations of the Microsoft Office software package.
Assurance of the starting level: Provide examples of the use and possibilities of Microsoft
Power Point.
Motivation:
Motivational problem questions.
What is PowerPoint?
What is an electronic presentation?
How to create a presentation?
Orientation towards objectives:
We will provide answers to these questions in today's class, and by the end, you will be able to
create presentations.
Treatment of the new subject.
1.1 General Characteristics
PowerPoint application window
They are part of the PowerPoint working window a series of bars that contain
buttons from which you can quickly access the application's specific functions.
Some buttons on these bars are the typical buttons of Microsoft applications.
Office such as: New, Open, Save, Save As, etc., and other specific buttons of the
PowerPoint application.
Title bar: It is the first bar that contains the title of the application and the
name of the presentation being worked on.
Menu bar: It has all the available options in PowerPoint, some of the
which are repeated in the button bar.
Standard toolbar: It has the standard Microsoft Office buttons and some specific ones.
from the application.
Formatting bar: Allows you to format the presentation regarding the
characteristics of the font, line spacing, etc.
Display bar: Allows you to set how the presentation will look in
screen.
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Status bar: Provides information about the number of slides and which one it is.
current slide, in addition to informing about the type of design established.
1.2 Concepts
A presentation is a static sequence of images and sound that allows communication.
varied information.
If a presentation combines text, sound, image, animation, and video, where is it?
it is also possible the interactivity provided by hypertexts and hyperlinks in general,
So we have a non-static presentation, also known as a presentation.
multimedia. Most versions of Programming Languages, of the Systems
of the Author and the Application Systems that exist today, consider the possibility of creating
multimedia applications. Within these, we have an important group of
tools specially designed for the creation of multimedia presentations. The
The most popular representative among Windows users has turned out to be Microsoft.
PowerPoint, first of all because it is easy for most people and also because of its
potentialities to achieve a tasteful multimedia presentation.
1.3 Slide Design
There are several ways to create a presentation.
You can use the self-content assistant and start in a presentation that contains
content and design suggestions. You can also start with an existing presentation
and modify it to suit their needs. Another way to start a presentation
It consists of selecting a design template that will determine the layout of the presentation.
but without including the content. You can start working from an imported outline
from another application or from a blank presentation, which does not include suggestions from
content or design.
. Self-contained assistant: Guides us during the creation of the presentation to
through questions related to the desired exhibition topic. The following are followed
next steps:
Select File/New/ and open the New presentation dialog.
Click on the general tab.
Click on the Self-Contained Assistant.
Click on Accept to start the Assistant.
. Template: It offers us the possibility to choose a design from several proposals.
of presentation for the topic, and then shows a dialog box for
select the slide layout to create for each slide.
Select File/New/ and open the New Presentation dialog box.
Click on the Design Templates tab.
Select an appropriate design.
Click on Accept.
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. Blank presentation: It only shows us the dialog box for selection
of the self-design of each slide.
Select File/New/ and open the New presentation dialog box.
Click on the general tab.
Select Blank Presentation.
Click on Accept.
. Open an existing presentation: Allows you to open a presentation that has already been created to
make modifications, so the corresponding file must be located in
the window Open that appears and that we already know from other applications.
In the Save as list, click on PowerPoint Slide Show.
the file extension saved as a slideshow presentation is pps. When
opening this type of file from the desktop will automatically start as a
presentation with slides. PowerPoint closes when the presentation ends and
the desktop is shown again. If you start the presentation from PowerPoint, it will
It opens and it is possible to modify it.
How to add new slides?
Unlike word processing applications, in PowerPoint you must add
every page you want for your presentation.
There are several options:
Select Insert/New slide.
Click on the New slide button in the toolbar.
Select Common Tasks/New Slide from the Format toolbar.
How to delete slides?
Click on the slide you want to delete.
Select Edit / Delete slide.
1.3.1. Types of slides
The New Slide dialog box asks you to select a Layout, which is a
preliminary design for a specific slide.
All Autodesign formats, except for Blank, have markers of
position (it's a box with dotted lines that has instructions like 'Click here')
here to add title") for different types of PowerPoint objects.
PowerPoint has 24 AutoLayouts that you can choose from.
The "design" refers to the way in which the elements of a
slide. A design contains theplaceholdersand these in turn the text,
like titles and bullet lists, and the content of the slide, such as tables, graphs,
images, shapes andpre-designed images.
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1.3.2 Format
Personalization of the Background.
1 SelectFormat/Background. The background dialog box will appear.
2 Click on the dropdown list in the Background Fill section.
3 Click on any of the colored boxes or on More colors to select another color in the
dialog boxColors.
4 Click on Accept (from the Colors dialog box).
5 Click on Preview to see how it looks.
6 Click on the Apply button (only to this slide) or Apply to all (all slides) to
accept the change.
To save a custom color combination:
o Select format/color combination of the slide.
o Click on the Custom tab.
o Create a combination by choosing an option from the Color Combination section.
o Click on the preview button.
o Click on Add.
How to change the fill effects?
One way to add special effects to a slide is by modifying the
background fill effects.
To select a gradient shading option for a background, follow the
next steps:
Select Format/Background.
Select Fill Effects from the Background Fill dropdown list.
Select the gradient tab.
Select a color option as a preset in the Colors section.
Select one of the option buttons, such as Horizontal or Vertical, in
shading styles section.
Click on Accept.
Click on Preview to see what it looks like.
Click on Apply or Apply to all to accept the change.
To insert images, the following steps must be followed:
1. Select Insert/Picture/Clip Art.
2. Select the Images tab.
Click on a category to display the available images.
4. Click on the desired image.
5. Click on the Insert clip button.
6. Click the Close button.
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Note: You can also use the Image Gallery to select sounds and videos.
for your presentations.
If you decide that you do not want the image on the slide, click on it and press the key
Delete or Remove.
To resize an image.
Select the image.
Hover the mouse pointer over any of the size handles,
so that it takes the shape of a resizing arrow, and drag the object
until it reaches the required size.
How to insert text?
1) Select Insert / Text Box.
2) Place the mouse pointer in the desired location on the slide.
3) Write the text and then format it using the Format toolbar.
1.4 Animation and slide transition.
Use of custom animation.
1. Show the slide in Normal or Slide view.
2. Choose Presentation / Customize Animation.
3. Select the order tab and intervals.
4. Select the first object you want to animate. In the preview box, the object
appears with selection controllers.
5. In the Start Animation section, select On mouse click or
Automatically write the time that PowerPoint should wait.
6. Click on the Effects tab.
7. In the Animation and entrance sound section, select the animation and the sound that
desire.
8. If the animation corresponds to a text object, in the Insert text section
select how you want the text to be entered.
9. Repeat the previous steps for each object you want to animate.
10.Click on Preview.
11.Click on Accept when you have finished adding animation to the slide.
How to add a transition effect to a slide?
1) Switch to Slide Sorter view.
2) Select the slides to which you want to add the transition effect.
3) Select Slide Show/Slide Transition.
4) Select a transition from the Effect dropdown list.
5) Select a speed, the way to move forward, and the sound.
Click on the button Apply or Apply to all.
Note: In the bottom left corner, there is a small transition indicating that it has
correctly defined the transition effect.
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1.5 Preliminary presentation
Preview of animation and transition effects on a slide
1. Open the slide you want to preview.
2. In the Presentation menu, click on Animation Preview. The effects of
Transition and animation play in the Animation Preview window. For
to replay the effects, click on the Animation Preview window.
Suggestion To get a preview of the animations of multiple slides, go to
In the Slide Sorter view, select the slides you want to see and click on
Preview of the animation in the Presentation menu
1.6 Slide show execution on screen.
To start a slideshow presentation, there are four options:
Select/View/Slide Show.
Select presentation/View presentation.
Presentation / Practice intervals.
Click on the Slide Show button.
Note: If you are viewing a presentation and want to finish before reaching the end, press the
Esc key.
Class # 2
Unit # 5 Microsoft Power Point.
Theme: Practical class.
Objective: To develop skills in slide design and presentations through
exercises.
Ensuring the starting level: Briefly review the contents of the classes
previous.
Motivation.
Motivational problem questions.
What is the use of Microsoft PowerPoint?
How to create a new presentation?
How to open an existing one?
Orientation towards objectives:
We will answer these questions in today's class as they arise.
doing the exercises.
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Exercises:
1. Design a slide presentation that fits a specific theme:
The presentation with no fewer than 5 slides.
The first slide should be the cover.
Insert images, texts, graphics.
The slides must have animation effects and sound.
Make the transition between the slides automatic.
2. Design a presentation that contains five slides based on the theme of
sport.
Insert text.
Insert archive images.
Make an automatic transition between slides.
Evaluation.
Each student will be evaluated during the practical class through the exercises.
depending on its development progress.